diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
index d81e3ae5af8..a21f695493b 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -4966,6 +4966,7 @@ async def test_websocket_passthrough_propagates_active_trace_context(monkeypatch
 
     propagated = get_current_span(TraceContextTextMapPropagator().extract(captured["headers"]))
     assert propagated.get_span_context().trace_id == span.get_span_context().trace_id
+    assert captured["headers"]["authorization"] == "Bearer client"
 
 
 class ClosingUpstreamWebSocket: